Sci-Tech

New Universe map unearths 300,000 more galaxies

by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The known Universe just got a lot bigger. A new…

Russia’s RT fumes after Facebook blocks ‘popular’ page “In The Now”

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Facebook has blocked a popular page run by Russian state TV channel RT, the channel's…

Japan upgrades downpour forecasts before Tokyo 2020

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- With an eye on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japanese researchers are developing a new system to…

Amazon invests in electric vehicle startup Rivian

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Electric vehicle startup Rivian on Friday announced a $700 million investment round led by…

Roblox, the game platform teaching young kids to code

by Julie JAMMOT Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- With its Lego-like avatars and easy-to-learn coding for budding programmers, the online…

Facebook taps user data to defend workers from threat

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Facebook gathers intelligence from its platform to identify people who threaten the firm or…

NASA heading back to Moon soon, and this time to stay

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the Moon, and this time, the US…

Airbus pulls plug on costly A380 superjumbo as sales plummet

by Joseph Schmid Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- European aerospace giant Airbus said Thursday that it would stop…

Mission complete: NASA announces demise of Opportunity rover

by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars it…

Robot probes radioactive fuel at Japan’s Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A robot will attempt to examine radioactive fuel at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday in…

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